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This species is easily recognizable by its almost uniform coloration, 
the median lines forming the only obvious markings. It is the species 
usually marked cubilis in collections, but differs from that species by 
the broader, less pointed primaries and by lacking the differences in 
shade, and all trace of the s. t. line. 
The species is perhaps the most common of all the forms belonging 
to the present series, the Belfrage material containing quite a number 
of them. 
Copipanolis cubilis Grt. 
1874. Grt., 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci. App. 26, Copipanolis. 
1874. Grt., Buff. Bull. u, Pl. 1, p. 6, Copipanolis. 
The male has a stout bombyciform appearance, though of moderate size, resem- 
bling in this respect as well as in the ornamentation of the primaries, the European 
Panolis piniperda. Rich ochrey honey-brown; ornamentation simple. The two me- 
dian lines are distinct, continued, rather diffuse, darker than the wing, the t. a. line 
perpendicular, waved superiorly, the t. p. line followed by a pale shade, very oblique, 
much produced superiorly on the costal nervules, bending inwardly to vein 2, and 
narrowing the median space below this to internal margin, running inferiorly nearly 
parallel with the t. a. line. Ordinary spots, more or less distinct, dirty whitish, or 
again hardly paler than the wing and yellowish, separate, ringed with reddish, the 
orbicular spherical, the reniform with a central stain, of the usual shape, well out- 
wardly removed in position, subterminal space more brownish than the paler terminal 
space. Hind wings pale fuscous, with a reddish tint. Beneath pale, with an even 
reddish band and discal spot on hind wings. Thorax and head concolorous with pri- 
maries above; abdomen dark. Expanse 36 millimetres. 
HABITAT: Lansing, Mich., March 26th; Massachusetts. 
The above description is Mr. Grote’s original characterization, and 
the figure given by him in Buff. Bull. 11, agrees with it very well. 
I have seen the type in the British Museum and find that it agrees 
well with the figure and description; also that the Texan form is spe- 
cifically distinct. 
Copipanolis stigma Smith. 
1890. Smith, Ent. Amer., vi, 220, Copipanolis. 
Head, thorax, and primaries deep brick red; palpi paler. Primaries with a slight 
admixture of yellowish scales, most evident along costal region. Median lines 
vaguely marked, scarcely defined ; ordinary spots yellowish white; orbicular small, 
round; reniform moderate in size, rather irregular. Secondaries whitish at base, 
with reddish powderings, becoming more dense outwardly. Beneath somewhat 
paler than above, more obviously yellow powdered. 
Expands 29 millimetres — 1.15 inches. 
HABITAT: Florida. 
This species, of which I have seen a single male only, differs from the 
others in the almost total obsolescence of the median lines and the 
distinctness of the ordinary spots. The latter may, however, be unim- 
portant and variable. There is a more decided yellow admixture in the 
ground color than is found in the common species. 
